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... omnibus
fortunis, diurni quoque victus, alii caritate suorum, quos...
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▲ ▼ | The figure of speech is known as "syllepsis," word-yoking, using a word in successive clauses in different senses; here, "fortuna" means "fortune/property/means of subsistence" in the first phrase and as implied in the second "<fortuna> diurni quoque victÅ«s" (gen. sing. of 4th decl. noun), "the chance/opportunity of daily livelihood, food." |
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